Back from the Dead Back from the Dead

Back from the Dead

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Publisher Description

“An elegiac yet exuberant new memoir” (The New York Times Book Review)—Bill Walton’s New York Times bestselling memoir about his recovery from debilitating physical injury and how lessons from John Wooden at UCLA (and the music of the Grateful Dead) have inspired his darkest hours.

In February 2008, Bill Walton suffered a spinal collapse so devastating he was unable to get up. It was the culmination of a lifetime of injury. Although Walton had played fourteen seasons in the NBA, he actually missed more games than he played during those years due to injury. From the time of his spinal collapse until his eventual recovery, he spent most of three years flat on the ground. The pain was excruciating, and he thought seriously about killing himself. But he survived, and Back from the Dead is the story of his injury and recovery, set in the context of his amazing athletic career.

Walton grew up in southern California in the 1950s and was deeply influenced by the political and cultural upheavals of the 1960s. Although Walton identified strongly with the counterculture, especially in music, the greatest influence on him outside his family was Coach John Wooden, a thoughtful, precise mentor who seemed immune to the turmoil of the times. The two men would speak every day for forty-three years until Wooden’s death at age ninety-nine.

John Wooden once said that no greatness ever came without sacrifice. In this “frequently stirring memoir…Walton’s love for life and the people and things in it—including his college coach, John Wooden—is infectious. You can’t stop reading, or rooting for the man” (Publishers Weekly). Back from the Dead shares his dramatic story, including his basketball and broadcasting careers, his many setbacks and rebounds, and his ultimate triumph as the toughest of champions. “[Walton] scores another basket—a deeply personal one.” (Kirkus Reviews)

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2016
March 22
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
23.8
MB

Customer Reviews

katie mc ,

Back From the Dead

I love this book!

Pete On Tour ,

A Great Story about a really good man who just happens to have been a great basketball player.

Perhaps the best single performance ever in NCAA history against Memphis State. Met him in a hotel in Boston years ago. A true gentleman. He stayed and talked with me long enough to find that much of how he has been portrayed is hogwash. Read this book for a much better look at Bill Walton. In my opinion he never got all that he deserved, but everything he did get he earned. One of basketball's greatest players. I am glad that he is finally able to live a healthier life.

Ralph-980eight ,

An amazing story by an amazing perso

I was a Walton disbeliever back in his TrailBlazer days. I had no idea how badly his body was failing him. This book details his incredible success and his awful misery.

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